Converting from Kmail

[jimmo]

Greetings!

I am running EGW 1.2.106, but do not yet use FelaMiMail. Currently I use Kmail as my email client and have thousands of messages that I would like to keep. I would like to find a way to easily convert my email. The Kmail are stored in maildir format. Do I need to do any conversion?

regards,

jimmo

[constant]

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Felamimail is an imap mail client, so the mail stays on the server, until saved to disk, or as an infolog.

Saving them to disk, will only reproduce what you currently have.

Saving them as infologs, may have other advantages.
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Greetings!

I am running EGW 1.2.106, but do not yet use FelaMiMail. Currently I use Kmail as my email client and have thousands of messages that I would like to keep. I would like to find a way to easily convert my email. The Kmail are stored in maildir format. Do I need to do any conversion?

regards,

jimmo

[jimmo]

Unfortunately that did not really answer the question completely. I have my Kmail locally and it is not on an IMAP server. If it were, I would not need to convert anything. However, the mail is stored locally in the maildir format. Other than simply “move it to an IMAP server”, what do I need to do access my email Felamimail (or an other email client I could integrate with egroupware)? I would be happy with a link to some page that explained how to do it. I found nothing in the egw knowledge base, documentation or the forums that even came close to addressing this issue.

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Felamimail is an imap mail client, so the mail stays on the server, until saved to disk, or as an infolog.

Saving them to disk, will only reproduce what you currently have.

Saving them as infologs, may have other advantages.

[constant]

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Yes, you will have to move them to an imap server.

From there, you could use Felamimail to view, and save to disk. Felamimail saves in eml format, which will put you in a position that is very close to where you currently are.

If you had them on an imap server, and were accessing them via Felamimail, you could also save them as infologs. This would have certain advantages in sorting, searching, and categorising.
.

Unfortunately that did not really answer the question completely. I have my Kmail locally and it is not on an IMAP server. If it were, I would not need to convert anything. However, the mail is stored locally in the maildir format. Other than simply “move it to an IMAP server”, what do I need to do access my email Felamimail (or an other email client I could integrate with egroupware)? I would be happy with a link to some page that explained how to do it. I found nothing in the egw knowledge base, documentation or the forums that even came close to addressing this issue.

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Felamimail is an imap mail client, so the mail stays on the server, until saved to disk, or as an infolog.

Saving them to disk, will only reproduce what you currently have.

Saving them as infologs, may have other advantages.

[jimmo]

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Yes, you will have to move them to an imap server.

From there, you could use Felamimail to view, and save to disk. Felamimail saves in eml format, which will put you in a position that is very close to where you currently are.

If you had them on an imap server, and were accessing them via Felamimail, you could also save them as infologs. This would have certain advantages in sorting, searching, and categorising.
.

I guess I am missing something. If the messages are on my server, the only reason I see to download/save them is if wanted to access them if the connection to the server was down. Since the server is sitting next to my workstation, that is not a problem. So I do not see any necessity in saving them locally.

Are you saying that Felamimail is not capabale of “sorting, searching, and categorising” the email on the IMAP server. My friend uses Horde with an IMAP server and it is completely capable of “sorting, searching, and categorising.”

When you say “move them to an imap server.” Does that mean simply moving. I don’t want to be overly pedantic, but since we are talking about formats and converting here, it is important to know if I can simply drop the existing KMail structure on the IMAP Server. Other than simply “move it to an IMAP server”, what do I need to do access my email with Felamimail?

[constant]

I guess I am missing something. If the messages are on my server, the only reason I see to download/save them is if wanted to access them if the connection to the server was down. Since the server is sitting next to my workstation, that is not a problem. So I do not see any necessity in saving them locally.

There are advantages to saving them as infologs.
You can categorise, link contact details, or have attachments.
Calendar events, or project tasks can be linked also.

Are you saying that Felamimail is not capabale of “sorting, searching, and categorising” the email on the IMAP server. My friend uses Horde with an IMAP server and it is completely capable of “sorting, searching, and categorising.”

Felamimail is capable of sorting, searching, and a form of categorising by moving emails to sub folders.

When you say “move them to an imap server.” Does that mean simply moving. I don’t want to be overly pedantic, but since we are talking about formats and converting here, it is important to know if I can simply drop the existing KMail structure on the IMAP Server. Other than simply “move it to an IMAP server”, what do I need to do access my email with Felamimail?

To access with felamimail you need a computer acting as a mail server.
That provides an imap connection, and the emails you wish to access.
Also a way for felamimail to access that server.

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Yes, you will have to move them to an imap server.

From there, you could use Felamimail to view, and save to disk. Felamimail saves in eml format, which will put you in a position that is very close to where you currently are.

If you had them on an imap server, and were accessing them via Felamimail, you could also save them as infologs. This would have certain advantages in sorting, searching, and categorising.
.

[jimmo]

Looks like there is a bug in the posting software or how it is displayed. It appears as if part of one of your original posts was simply attached to the end of my post.

Obviously, I know that I “will have to move them to an imap server” as I discussed that issue in my post. Since I assume you read my post and it is obvious that simply pasting a previous response that does not address the problem is a waste of everyone’s time, the logical assumption is that there is a software problem somewhere. To whom should I report this?

In any event, I am sure that I can find information about “formats and converting” somewhere.

[constant]

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I guess I am missing something. If the messages are on my server, the only reason I see to download/save them is if wanted to access them if the connection to the server was down. Since the server is sitting next to my workstation, that is not a problem. So I do not see any necessity in saving them locally.

>There are advantages to saving them as infologs.
>You can categorise, link contact details, or have attachments.
>Calendar events, or project tasks can be linked also.

Are you saying that Felamimail is not capabale of "sorting, searching, and categorising" the email on the IMAP server. My friend uses Horde with an IMAP server and it is completely capable of "sorting, searching, and categorising."

>Felamimail is capable of sorting, searching, and a form of categorising by moving emails to sub folders.

When you say "move them to an imap server." Does that mean simply moving. I don't want to be overly pedantic, but since we are talking about formats and converting here, it is important to know if I can simply drop the existing KMail structure on the IMAP Server. Other than simply "move it to an IMAP server", what do I need to do access my email with Felamimail?

>To access with felamimail you need a computer acting as a mail server.
>That provides an imap connection, and the emails you wish to access.
>Also a way for felamimail to access that server.

.

Looks like there is a bug in the posting software or how it is displayed. It appears as if part of one of your original posts was simply attached to the end of my post.

Obviously, I know that I “will have to move them to an imap server” as I discussed that issue in my post. Since I assume you read my post and it is obvious that simply pasting a previous response that does not address the problem is a waste of everyone’s time, the logical assumption is that there is a software problem somewhere. To whom should I report this?

In any event, I am sure that I can find information about “formats and converting” somewhere.